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Vintage Grade Condition

1952

25TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY

EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY

Featuring President Thomas I. Parkinson

BRONZE MEDAL

Made by MEDALLIC ARTS COMPANY-New York

Approx. Measurements: 3" x 1/8"

Notes: I Cannot Guarantee Metal Composition of Coins or Medals

Historical Info:  Equitable Holdings, Inc. (formerly The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, and also known as The Equitable) is an American financial services and insurance company that was founded in 1859 by Henry Baldwin Hyde. In 1991, French insurance firm AXA acquired majority control of The Equitable.

In 1929 the firm booked more than $1 billion worth of new policies and had $6.8 billion worth of coverage in force. William Day retired in 1927, citing ill health, and was succeeded by Thomas Parkinson, who would see Equitable through the Great Depression and World War II.

Parkinson stepped down as president and chief executive officer in 1953 and was succeeded by Ray Murphy.

In 1959 Equitable marked its centennial with a gala celebration at New York’s Madison Square Garden. At the end of its first hundred years, the firm had nearly $10 billion worth of assets and $34.4 billion of insurance in force, making it one of the largest insurance companies of any kind in the nation.